anesthesia

As I get older, I sometimes think I've heard it all before, but this (from World Wide Words newsletter) is new to me: I thought of adding this as a side-note to 'Going on the Wagon', but it probably deserves its own thread. Any other little-known intoxicants?

WARNING: The insect in the eye thread has nothing on this!! I do hope the thread warning was enough for everyone because I found this rather uncomfortable reading - I think it is partly something to do with eyes (c.f. Chien Andalou): Source Well OK its possibly not as bad as the...